Full Text of SB0028 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 | | 2-3.66b, 10-19, 10-20.56, 13B-45, 13B-50.5, 29-6.3, and 34-18 | 6 | | and by adding Section 10-19.05 as follows: | 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.66b) | 8 | | Sec. 2-3.66b. IHOPE Program. | 9 | | (a) There is established the Illinois Hope and Opportunity | 10 | | Pathways through Education (IHOPE) Program. The State Board of | 11 | | Education shall implement and administer the IHOPE Program. The | 12 | | goal of the IHOPE Program is to develop a comprehensive system | 13 | | in this State to re-enroll significant numbers of high school | 14 | | dropouts in programs that will enable them to earn their high | 15 | | school diploma. | 16 | | (b) The IHOPE Program shall award grants, subject to | 17 | | appropriation for this purpose, to educational service regions | 18 | | and a school district organized under Article 34 of this Code | 19 | | from appropriated funds to assist in establishing | 20 | | instructional programs and other services designed to | 21 | | re-enroll high school dropouts. From any funds appropriated for | 22 | | the IHOPE Program, the State Board of Education may use up to | 23 | | 5% for administrative costs, including the performance of a |
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| 1 | | program evaluation and the hiring of staff to implement and | 2 | | administer the program. | 3 | | The IHOPE Program shall provide incentive grant funds for | 4 | | regional offices of education and a school district organized | 5 | | under Article 34 of this Code to develop partnerships with | 6 | | school districts, public community colleges, and community | 7 | | groups to build comprehensive plans to re-enroll high school | 8 | | dropouts in their regions or districts. | 9 | | Programs funded through the IHOPE Program shall allow high | 10 | | school dropouts, up to and including age 21 notwithstanding | 11 | | Section 26-2 of this Code, to re-enroll in an educational | 12 | | program in conformance with rules adopted by the State Board of | 13 | | Education. Programs may include without limitation | 14 | | comprehensive year-round programming, evening school, summer | 15 | | school, community college courses, adult education, vocational | 16 | | training, work experience, programs to enhance self-concept, | 17 | | and parenting courses. Any student in the IHOPE Program who | 18 | | wishes to earn a high school diploma must meet the | 19 | | prerequisites to receiving a high school diploma specified in | 20 | | Section 27-22 of this Code and any other graduation | 21 | | requirements of the student's district of residence. Any | 22 | | student who successfully completes the requirements for his or | 23 | | her graduation shall receive a diploma identifying the student | 24 | | as graduating from his or her district of residence. | 25 | | (c) In order to be eligible for funding under the IHOPE | 26 | | Program, an interested regional office of education or a school |
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| 1 | | district organized under Article 34 of this Code shall develop | 2 | | an IHOPE Plan to be approved by the State Board of Education. | 3 | | The State Board of Education shall develop rules for the IHOPE | 4 | | Program that shall set forth the requirements for the | 5 | | development of the IHOPE Plan. Each Plan shall involve school | 6 | | districts, public community colleges, and key community | 7 | | programs that work with high school dropouts located in an | 8 | | educational service region or the City of Chicago before the | 9 | | Plan is sent to the State Board for approval. No funds may be | 10 | | distributed to a regional office of education or a school | 11 | | district organized under Article 34 of this Code until the | 12 | | State Board has approved the Plan. | 13 | | (d) A regional office of education or a school district | 14 | | organized under Article 34 of this Code may operate its own | 15 | | program funded by the IHOPE Program or enter into a contract | 16 | | with other not-for-profit entities, including school | 17 | | districts, public community colleges, and not-for-profit | 18 | | community-based organizations, to operate a program. | 19 | | A regional office of education or a school district | 20 | | organized under Article 34 of this Code that receives an IHOPE | 21 | | grant from the State Board of Education may provide funds under | 22 | | a sub-grant, as specified in the IHOPE Plan, to other | 23 | | not-for-profit entities to provide services according to the | 24 | | IHOPE Plan that was developed. These other entities may include | 25 | | school districts, public community colleges, or not-for-profit | 26 | | community-based organizations or a cooperative partnership |
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| 1 | | among these entities. | 2 | | (e) In order to distribute funding based upon the need to | 3 | | ensure delivery of programs that will have the greatest impact, | 4 | | IHOPE Program funding must be distributed based upon the | 5 | | proportion of dropouts in the educational service region or | 6 | | school district, in the case of a school district organized | 7 | | under Article 34 of this Code, to the total number of dropouts | 8 | | in this State. This formula shall employ the dropout data | 9 | | provided by school districts to the State Board of Education. | 10 | | A regional office of education or a school district | 11 | | organized under Article 34 of this Code may claim State aid | 12 | | under Section 18-8.05 or 18-8.15 of this Code for students | 13 | | enrolled in a program funded by the IHOPE Program, provided | 14 | | that the State Board of Education has approved the IHOPE Plan | 15 | | and that these students are receiving services that are meeting | 16 | | the requirements of Section 27-22 of this Code for receipt of a | 17 | | high school diploma and are otherwise eligible to be claimed | 18 | | for general State aid under Section 18-8.05 of this Code or | 19 | | evidence-based funding under Section 18-8.15 of this Code, | 20 | | including provisions related to the minimum number of days of | 21 | | pupil attendance pursuant to Section 10-19 of this Code and the | 22 | | minimum number of daily hours of school work required under | 23 | | Section 10-19.05 and any exceptions thereto as defined by the | 24 | | State Board of Education in rules. | 25 | | (f) IHOPE categories of programming may include the | 26 | | following: |
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| 1 | | (1) Full-time programs that are comprehensive, | 2 | | year-round programs. | 3 | | (2) Part-time programs combining work and study | 4 | | scheduled at various times that are flexible to the needs | 5 | | of students. | 6 | | (3) Online programs and courses in which students take | 7 | | courses and complete on-site, supervised tests that | 8 | | measure the student's mastery of a specific course needed | 9 | | for graduation. Students may take courses online and earn | 10 | | credit or students may prepare to take supervised tests for | 11 | | specific courses for credit leading to receipt of a high | 12 | | school diploma. | 13 | | (4) Dual enrollment in which students attend high | 14 | | school classes in combination with community college | 15 | | classes or students attend community college classes while | 16 | | simultaneously earning high school credit and eventually a | 17 | | high school diploma. | 18 | | (g) In order to have successful comprehensive programs | 19 | | re-enrolling and graduating low-skilled high school dropouts, | 20 | | programs funded through the IHOPE Program shall include all of | 21 | | the following components: | 22 | | (1) Small programs (70 to 100 students) at a separate | 23 | | school site with a distinct identity. Programs may be | 24 | | larger with specific need and justification, keeping in | 25 | | mind that it is crucial to keep programs small to be | 26 | | effective. |
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| 1 | | (2) Specific performance-based goals and outcomes and | 2 | | measures of enrollment, attendance, skills, credits, | 3 | | graduation, and the transition to college, training, and | 4 | | employment. | 5 | | (3) Strong, experienced leadership and teaching staff | 6 | | who are provided with ongoing professional development. | 7 | | (4) Voluntary enrollment. | 8 | | (5) High standards for student learning, integrating | 9 | | work experience, and education, including during the | 10 | | school year and after school, and summer school programs | 11 | | that link internships, work, and learning. | 12 | | (6) Comprehensive programs providing extensive support | 13 | | services. | 14 | | (7) Small teams of students supported by full-time paid | 15 | | mentors who work to retain and help those students | 16 | | graduate. | 17 | | (8) A comprehensive technology learning center with | 18 | | Internet access and broad-based curriculum focusing on | 19 | | academic and career subject areas. | 20 | | (9) Learning opportunities that incorporate action | 21 | | into study. | 22 | | (h) Programs funded through the IHOPE Program must report | 23 | | data to the State Board of Education as requested. This | 24 | | information shall include, but is not limited to, student | 25 | | enrollment figures, attendance information, course completion | 26 | | data, graduation information, and post-graduation information, |
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| 1 | | as available. | 2 | | (i) Rules must be developed by the State Board of Education | 3 | | to set forth the fund distribution process to regional offices | 4 | | of education and a school district organized under Article 34 | 5 | | of this Code, the planning and the conditions upon which an | 6 | | IHOPE Plan would be approved by State Board, and other rules to | 7 | | develop the IHOPE Program.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
| 9 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19)
| 10 | | Sec. 10-19. Length of school term - experimental programs. | 11 | | Each school
board shall annually prepare a calendar for the | 12 | | school term, specifying
the opening and closing dates and | 13 | | providing a minimum term of at least 185
days to insure 176 | 14 | | days of actual pupil attendance, computable under Section | 15 | | 10-19.05
18-8.05 or 18-8.15 , except that for the 1980-1981 | 16 | | school year only 175 days
of actual
pupil attendance shall be | 17 | | required because of the closing of schools pursuant
to Section | 18 | | 24-2 on January 29, 1981 upon the appointment by the President
| 19 | | of that day as a day of thanksgiving for the freedom of the | 20 | | Americans who
had been held hostage in Iran. Any days allowed | 21 | | by law for teachers' institutes
but not used as such or used as | 22 | | parental institutes as provided
in Section 10-22.18d shall | 23 | | increase the minimum term by the school days not
so used. | 24 | | Except as provided in Section 10-19.1, the board may not extend
| 25 | | the school term beyond such closing date unless that extension |
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| 1 | | of term is
necessary to provide the minimum number of | 2 | | computable days. In case of
such necessary extension school | 3 | | employees
shall be paid for such additional time on the basis | 4 | | of their regular
contracts. A school board may specify a | 5 | | closing date earlier than that
set on the annual calendar when | 6 | | the schools of the district have
provided the minimum number of | 7 | | computable days under this Section.
Nothing in this Section | 8 | | prevents the board from employing
superintendents of schools, | 9 | | principals and other nonteaching personnel
for a period of 12 | 10 | | months, or in the case of superintendents for a
period in | 11 | | accordance with Section 10-23.8, or prevents the board from
| 12 | | employing other personnel before or after the regular school | 13 | | term with
payment of salary proportionate to that received for | 14 | | comparable work
during the school term.
| 15 | | A school board may make such changes in its calendar for | 16 | | the school term
as may be required by any changes in the legal | 17 | | school holidays prescribed
in Section 24-2. A school board may | 18 | | make changes in its calendar for the
school term as may be | 19 | | necessary to reflect the utilization of teachers'
institute | 20 | | days as parental institute days as provided in Section | 21 | | 10-22.18d.
| 22 | | The calendar for the school term and any changes must be | 23 | | submitted to and approved by the regional superintendent of | 24 | | schools before the calendar or changes may take effect.
| 25 | | With the prior approval of the State Board of Education and | 26 | | subject
to review by the State Board of Education every 3 |
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| 1 | | years, any school
board may, by resolution of its board and in | 2 | | agreement with affected
exclusive collective bargaining | 3 | | agents, establish experimental
educational programs, including | 4 | | but not limited to programs for e-learning days as authorized | 5 | | under Section 10-20.56 of this Code,
self-directed learning, or | 6 | | outside of formal class periods, which programs
when so | 7 | | approved shall be considered to comply with the requirements of
| 8 | | this Section as respects numbers of days of actual pupil | 9 | | attendance and
with the other requirements of this Act as | 10 | | respects courses of instruction.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 99-194, eff. 7-30-15; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
| 12 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-19.05 new) | 13 | | Sec. 10-19.05. Daily pupil attendance calculation. | 14 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, for a | 15 | | pupil of legal school age and in kindergarten or any of grades | 16 | | 1 through 12, a day of attendance shall be counted only for | 17 | | sessions of not less than 5 clock hours of school work per day | 18 | | under direct supervision of (i) teachers or (ii) non-teaching | 19 | | personnel or volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching | 20 | | duties and supervising in those instances specified in | 21 | | subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section | 22 | | 34-18. Days of attendance by pupils through verified | 23 | | participation in an e-learning program adopted by a school | 24 | | board and verified by the regional office of education or | 25 | | intermediate service center for the school district under |
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| 1 | | Section 10-20.56 of this Code shall be considered as full days | 2 | | of attendance under this Section. | 3 | | (b) A pupil regularly enrolled in a public school for only | 4 | | a part of the school day may be counted on the basis of | 5 | | one-sixth of a school day for every class hour of instruction | 6 | | of 40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment, | 7 | | unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80 | 8 | | minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may be | 9 | | counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of school | 10 | | work completed each day to the minimum number of minutes that | 11 | | school work is required to be held that day. | 12 | | (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted as a | 13 | | day of attendance upon certification by the regional | 14 | | superintendent of schools and approval by the State | 15 | | Superintendent of Education to the extent that the district has | 16 | | been forced to use daily multiple sessions. | 17 | | (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted as a | 18 | | day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school day or | 19 | | at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is utilized for an | 20 | | in-service training program for teachers, up to a maximum of 10 | 21 | | days per school year, provided that a district conducts an | 22 | | in-service training program for teachers in accordance with | 23 | | Section 10-22.39 of this Code, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 | 24 | | full days may be used, in which event each such day may be | 25 | | counted as a day required for a legal school calendar pursuant | 26 | | to Section 10-19 of this Code; (2) when, of the 5 days allowed |
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| 1 | | under item (1), a maximum of 4 days are used for parent-teacher | 2 | | conferences, or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days are used, | 3 | | in which case each such day may be counted as a calendar day | 4 | | required under Section 10-19 of this Code, provided that the | 5 | | full-day, parent-teacher conference consists of (i) a minimum | 6 | | of 5 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences, (ii) both a | 7 | | minimum of 2 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences held in | 8 | | the evening following a full day of student attendance and a | 9 | | minimum of 3 clock hours of parent-teacher conferences held on | 10 | | the day immediately following evening parent-teacher | 11 | | conferences, or (iii) multiple parent-teacher conferences held | 12 | | in the evenings following full days of student attendance in | 13 | | which the time used for the parent-teacher conferences is | 14 | | equivalent to a minimum of 5 clock hours; and (3) when days in | 15 | | addition to those provided in items (1) and (2) are scheduled | 16 | | by a school pursuant to its school improvement plan adopted | 17 | | under Article 34 or its revised or amended school improvement | 18 | | plan adopted under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions | 19 | | of 3 or more clock hours are scheduled to occur at regular | 20 | | intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which such | 21 | | sessions occur are utilized for in-service training programs or | 22 | | other staff development activities for teachers, and (iii) a | 23 | | sufficient number of minutes of school work under the direct | 24 | | supervision of teachers are added to the school days between | 25 | | such regularly scheduled sessions to accumulate not less than | 26 | | the number of minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more clock |
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| 1 | | hours fall short of 5 clock hours. Days scheduled for | 2 | | in-service training programs, staff development activities, or | 3 | | parent-teacher conferences may be scheduled separately for | 4 | | different grade levels and different attendance centers of the | 5 | | district. | 6 | | (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of teaching | 7 | | hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by telephone to the | 8 | | classroom may be counted as a half day of attendance; however, | 9 | | these pupils must receive 4 or more clock hours of instruction | 10 | | to be counted for a full day of attendance. | 11 | | (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted as a | 12 | | day of attendance for first grade pupils and pupils in full-day | 13 | | kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours may be counted | 14 | | as a half day of attendance by pupils in kindergartens that | 15 | | provide only half days of attendance. | 16 | | (g) For children with disabilities who are below the age of | 17 | | 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours because of | 18 | | their disability or immaturity, a session of not less than one | 19 | | clock hour may be counted as a half day of attendance; however, | 20 | | for such children whose educational needs require a session of | 21 | | 4 or more clock hours, a session of at least 4 clock hours may | 22 | | be counted as a full day of attendance. | 23 | | (h) A recognized kindergarten that provides for only a half | 24 | | day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more than one | 25 | | half day of attendance counted in any one day. However, | 26 | | kindergartens may count 2 and a half days of attendance in any |
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| 1 | | 5 consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a | 2 | | kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the pupil | 3 | | shall have the following day as a day absent from school, | 4 | | unless the school district obtains permission in writing from | 5 | | the State Superintendent of Education. Attendance at | 6 | | kindergartens that provide for a full day of attendance by each | 7 | | pupil shall be counted the same as attendance by first grade | 8 | | pupils. Only the first year of attendance in one kindergarten | 9 | | shall be counted, except in the case of children who entered | 10 | | the kindergarten in their fifth year whose educational | 11 | | development requires a second year of kindergarten as | 12 | | determined under rules of the State Board of Education. | 13 | | (i) On the days when the State's final accountability | 14 | | assessment is administered under subsection (c) of Section | 15 | | 2-3.64a-5 of this Code, the day of attendance for a pupil whose | 16 | | school day must be shortened to accommodate required testing | 17 | | procedures may be less than 5 clock hours and shall be counted | 18 | | toward the 176 days of actual pupil attendance required under | 19 | | Section 10-19 of this Code, provided that a sufficient number | 20 | | of minutes of school work in excess of 5 clock hours are first | 21 | | completed on other school days to compensate for the loss of | 22 | | school work on the examination days. | 23 | | (j) Pupils enrolled in a remote educational program | 24 | | established under Section 10-29 of this Code may be counted on | 25 | | the basis of a one-fifth day of attendance for every clock hour | 26 | | of instruction attended in the remote educational program, |
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| 1 | | provided that, in any month, the school district may not claim | 2 | | for a student enrolled in a remote educational program more | 3 | | days of attendance than the maximum number of days of | 4 | | attendance the district can claim (i) for students enrolled in | 5 | | a building holding year-round classes if the student is | 6 | | classified as participating in the remote educational program | 7 | | on a year-round schedule or (ii) for students enrolled in a | 8 | | building not holding year-round classes if the student is not | 9 | | classified as participating in the remote educational program | 10 | | on a year-round schedule. | 11 | | (k) Pupil participation in any of the following activities | 12 | | shall be counted toward the calculation of clock hours of | 13 | | school work per day: | 14 | | (1) Instruction in a college course in which a student | 15 | | is dually enrolled for both high school credit and college | 16 | | credit. | 17 | | (2) Participation in a Supervised Career Development | 18 | | Experience, as defined in Section 10 of the Postsecondary | 19 | | and Workforce Readiness Act, in which student | 20 | | participation and learning outcomes are supervised by an | 21 | | educator licensed under Article 21B. | 22 | | (3) Participation in a youth apprenticeship, as | 23 | | jointly defined in rules of the State Board of Education | 24 | | and Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, in | 25 | | which student participation and outcomes are supervised by | 26 | | an educator licensed under Article 21B. |
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| 1 | | (4) Participation in a blended learning program | 2 | | approved by the school district in which course content, | 3 | | student evaluation, and instructional methods are | 4 | | supervised by an educator licensed under Article 21B. | 5 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.56) | 6 | | Sec. 10-20.56. E-learning days. | 7 | | (a) The State Board of Education shall establish and | 8 | | maintain, for implementation in selected school districts , a | 9 | | program for use of electronic-learning (e-learning) days, as | 10 | | described in this
Section. The State Superintendent of | 11 | | Education shall select up to 3 school districts for this | 12 | | program, at least one of which may be an elementary or unit | 13 | | school district. On or before June 1, 2019, the State Board | 14 | | shall report its recommendation for expansion, revision, or | 15 | | discontinuation of the program to the Governor and General | 16 | | Assembly. | 17 | | (b) The school board of a school district selected by the | 18 | | State Superintendent of Education under subsection (a) of this | 19 | | Section may, by resolution, adopt a research-based program or
| 20 | | research-based programs for e-learning days district-wide that | 21 | | shall permit student instruction to be received electronically | 22 | | while students are not physically present in lieu of the | 23 | | district's scheduled emergency days as required by Section | 24 | | 10-19 of this Code. The research-based program or programs may | 25 | | not exceed the minimum number of emergency days in the approved |
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| 1 | | school calendar and must be verified by the regional office of | 2 | | education or intermediate service center for the school | 3 | | district submitted to the State Superintendent for approval on | 4 | | or before September 1st annually to ensure access for all | 5 | | students. The regional office of education or intermediate | 6 | | service center State Superintendent shall approve programs | 7 | | that ensure that the specific needs of all students are met, | 8 | | including special education students and English learners, and | 9 | | that all mandates are still met using the proposed | 10 | | research-based program. The e-learning program may utilize the | 11 | | Internet, telephones, texts, chat rooms, or other similar means | 12 | | of electronic communication for instruction and interaction | 13 | | between teachers and students that meet the needs of all
| 14 | | learners. The e-learning program shall address the school | 15 | | district's responsibility to ensure that all teachers and staff | 16 | | who may be involved in the provision of e-learning have access | 17 | | to any and all hardware and software that may be required for | 18 | | the program. If a proposed program does not address this | 19 | | responsibility, the school district must propose an alternate | 20 | | program. | 21 | | (c) Before its adoption by a school board, the school board | 22 | | must hold a public hearing on a school district's initial | 23 | | proposal for an e-learning program or for renewal of such a | 24 | | program must be approved by the State Board of Education and | 25 | | shall follow a public hearing , at a regular or special meeting | 26 | | of the school board, in which the terms of the proposal must be |
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| 1 | | substantially presented and an opportunity for allowing public | 2 | | comments must be provided. Notice of such public hearing must | 3 | | be provided at least 10 days prior to the hearing by: | 4 | | (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation | 5 | | in the school district; | 6 | | (2) written or electronic notice designed to reach the | 7 | | parents or guardians of all students enrolled in the school | 8 | | district; and | 9 | | (3) written or electronic notice designed to reach any | 10 | | exclusive collective bargaining representatives of school | 11 | | district employees and all those employees not in a | 12 | | collective bargaining unit. | 13 | | (d) The regional office of education or intermediate | 14 | | service center for the school district must timely verify that | 15 | | a A proposal for an e-learning program has met must be timely | 16 | | approved by the State Board of Education if the requirements | 17 | | specified in this Section and that have been met and if, in the | 18 | | view of the State Board of Education, the proposal contains | 19 | | provisions designed to reasonably and practicably accomplish | 20 | | the following: | 21 | | (1) to ensure and verify at least 5 clock hours of | 22 | | instruction or school work , as required under Section | 23 | | 10-19.05, for each student participating in an e-learning | 24 | | day; | 25 | | (2) to ensure access from home or other appropriate | 26 | | remote facility for all students participating, including |
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| 1 | | computers, the Internet, and other forms of electronic | 2 | | communication that must be utilized in the proposed | 3 | | program; | 4 | | (2.5) to ensure that non-electronic materials are made | 5 | | available to students participating in the program who do | 6 | | not have access to the required technology or to | 7 | | participating teachers or students who are prevented from | 8 | | accessing the required technology; | 9 | | (3) to ensure appropriate learning opportunities for | 10 | | students with special needs; | 11 | | (4) to monitor and verify each student's electronic | 12 | | participation; | 13 | | (5) to address the extent to which student | 14 | | participation is within the student's control as to the | 15 | | time, pace, and means of learning; | 16 | | (6) to provide effective notice to students and their | 17 | | parents or guardians of the use of particular days for | 18 | | e-learning; | 19 | | (7) to provide staff and students with adequate | 20 | | training for e-learning days' participation; | 21 | | (8) to ensure an opportunity for any collective | 22 | | bargaining negotiations with representatives of the school | 23 | | district's employees that would be legally required , | 24 | | including all classifications of school district employees | 25 | | who are represented by collective bargaining agreements | 26 | | and who would be affected in the event of an e-learning |
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| 1 | | day ; and | 2 | | (9) to review and revise the program as implemented to | 3 | | address difficulties confronted ; and . | 4 | | (10) to ensure that the protocol regarding general | 5 | | expectations and responsibilities of the program is | 6 | | communicated to teachers, staff, and students at least 30 | 7 | | days prior to utilizing an e-learning day. | 8 | | The school board's State Board of Education's approval of a | 9 | | school district's initial e-learning program and renewal of the | 10 | | e-learning program shall be for a term of 3 years. | 11 | | (e) The State Board of Education may adopt rules governing | 12 | | its supervision and review of e-learning programs consistent | 13 | | with the provision of this Section. However, in the absence of | 14 | | such rules, school districts may submit proposals for State | 15 | | Board of Education consideration under the authority of this | 16 | | Section.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 99-194, eff. 7-30-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; | 18 | | 100-760, eff. 8-10-18.)
| 19 | | (105 ILCS 5/13B-45)
| 20 | | Sec. 13B-45. Days and hours of attendance. An alternative | 21 | | learning
opportunities program
shall provide students with at | 22 | | least the minimum number of days of pupil
attendance required | 23 | | under Section 10-19 of this Code and the minimum number of
| 24 | | daily hours of school work required under Section 10-19.05 | 25 | | 18-8.05 or 18-8.15 of this Code,
provided that the State Board |
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| 1 | | may approve exceptions to these
requirements if the program | 2 | | meets all of the following conditions:
| 3 | | (1) The district plan submitted under Section | 4 | | 13B-25.15 of this Code
establishes that a program providing | 5 | | the required minimum number of days of
attendance or daily | 6 | | hours of school work would not serve the needs of the
| 7 | | program's students.
| 8 | | (2) Each day of attendance shall provide no fewer than | 9 | | 3 clock hours of
school work, as defined under paragraph | 10 | | (1) of subsection (F) of Section
10-19.05 18-8.05 of this | 11 | | Code.
| 12 | | (3) Each day of attendance that provides fewer than 5 | 13 | | clock hours of
school
work shall also provide supplementary | 14 | | services, including without limitation
work-based | 15 | | learning, student assistance programs, counseling, case | 16 | | management,
health and fitness programs, or life-skills or | 17 | | conflict resolution training,
in order to provide a total | 18 | | daily program to the student of 5 clock hours. A
program | 19 | | may claim general State aid or evidence-based funding for | 20 | | up to 2 hours of the time each day that
a student is | 21 | | receiving
supplementary services.
| 22 | | (4) Each program shall provide no fewer than 174 days | 23 | | of actual pupil
attendance during the school term; however, | 24 | | approved evening programs that meet
the requirements of | 25 | | Section 13B-45 of this Code may offer less than 174 days
of | 26 | | actual pupil attendance during the school term.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
| 2 | | (105 ILCS 5/13B-50.5)
| 3 | | Sec. 13B-50.5. Conditions of funding. If an alternative | 4 | | learning
opportunities program
provides less than the daily 5 | 5 | | clock hours of school work required under Section 10-19.05 | 6 | | daily , the program must meet
guidelines established
by the | 7 | | State Board and must provide supplementary services, including | 8 | | without
limitation work-based
learning, student assistance | 9 | | programs, counseling, case management, health and
fitness | 10 | | programs, life skills,
conflict resolution, or service | 11 | | learning, that are equal to the required
attendance.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 92-42, eff. 1-1-02.)
| 13 | | (105 ILCS 5/29-6.3)
| 14 | | Sec. 29-6.3. Transportation to and from specified | 15 | | interscholastic or school-sponsored
activities. | 16 | | (a) Any school district transporting students in grade 12 | 17 | | or below for an interscholastic, interscholastic athletic, or | 18 | | school-sponsored, noncurriculum-related activity that (i) does | 19 | | not require student participation as part of the educational | 20 | | services of the district and (ii) is not associated with the | 21 | | students' regular class-for-credit schedule or required 5 | 22 | | clock hours of instruction under Section 10-19.05 shall | 23 | | transport the students only in a school bus, a vehicle | 24 | | manufactured to transport not more than 10 persons, including |
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| 1 | | the driver, or a multifunction school-activity bus | 2 | | manufactured to transport not more than 15 persons, including | 3 | | the driver. | 4 | | (a-5) A student in any of grades 9 through 12 may be | 5 | | transported in a multi-function school activity bus (MFSAB) as | 6 | | defined in Section 1-148.3a-5 of the Illinois Vehicle Code for | 7 | | any curriculum-related activity except for transportation on | 8 | | regular bus routes from home to school or from school to home, | 9 | | subject to the following conditions: | 10 | | (i) A MFSAB may not be used to transport students under | 11 | | this Section unless the driver holds a valid school bus | 12 | | driver permit. | 13 | | (ii) The use of a MFSAB under this Section is subject | 14 | | to the requirements of Sections 6-106.11, 6-106.12, | 15 | | 12-707.01, 13-101, and 13-109 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | 16 | | (b) Any school district furnishing transportation for | 17 | | students under the authority of this Section shall insure | 18 | | against any loss or liability of the district resulting from | 19 | | the maintenance, operation, or use of the vehicle. | 20 | | (c) Vehicles used to transport students under this Section | 21 | | may claim a depreciation allowance of 20% over 5 years as | 22 | | provided in Section 29-5 of this Code.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 96-410, eff. 7-1-10; 97-896, eff. 8-3-12.)
| 24 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18)
| 25 | | Sec. 34-18. Powers of the board. The board shall exercise |
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| 1 | | general
supervision and jurisdiction over the public education | 2 | | and the public
school system of the city, and, except as | 3 | | otherwise provided by this
Article, shall have power:
| 4 | | 1. To make suitable provision for the establishment and | 5 | | maintenance
throughout the year or for such portion thereof | 6 | | as it may direct, not
less than 9 months and in compliance | 7 | | with Section 10-19.05 , of schools of all grades and kinds, | 8 | | including normal
schools, high schools, night schools, | 9 | | schools for defectives and
delinquents, parental and | 10 | | truant schools, schools for the blind, the
deaf and persons | 11 | | with physical disabilities, schools or classes in manual | 12 | | training,
constructural and vocational teaching, domestic | 13 | | arts and physical
culture, vocation and extension schools | 14 | | and lecture courses, and all
other educational courses and | 15 | | facilities, including establishing,
equipping, maintaining | 16 | | and operating playgrounds and recreational
programs, when | 17 | | such programs are conducted in, adjacent to, or connected
| 18 | | with any public school under the general supervision and | 19 | | jurisdiction
of the board; provided that the calendar for | 20 | | the school term and any changes must be submitted to and | 21 | | approved by the State Board of Education before the | 22 | | calendar or changes may take effect, and provided that in | 23 | | allocating funds
from year to year for the operation of all | 24 | | attendance centers within the
district, the board shall | 25 | | ensure that supplemental general State aid or supplemental | 26 | | grant funds
are allocated and applied in accordance with |
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| 1 | | Section 18-8, 18-8.05, or 18-8.15. To
admit to such
schools | 2 | | without charge foreign exchange students who are | 3 | | participants in
an organized exchange student program | 4 | | which is authorized by the board.
The board shall permit | 5 | | all students to enroll in apprenticeship programs
in trade | 6 | | schools operated by the board, whether those programs are
| 7 | | union-sponsored or not. No student shall be refused | 8 | | admission into or
be excluded from any course of | 9 | | instruction offered in the common schools
by reason of that | 10 | | student's sex. No student shall be denied equal
access to | 11 | | physical education and interscholastic athletic programs
| 12 | | supported from school district funds or denied | 13 | | participation in
comparable physical education and | 14 | | athletic programs solely by reason of
the student's sex. | 15 | | Equal access to programs supported from school
district | 16 | | funds and comparable programs will be defined in rules
| 17 | | promulgated by the State Board of Education in
consultation | 18 | | with the Illinois High School Association.
Notwithstanding | 19 | | any other provision of this Article, neither the board
of | 20 | | education nor any local school council or other school | 21 | | official shall
recommend that children with disabilities | 22 | | be placed into regular education
classrooms unless those | 23 | | children with disabilities are provided with
supplementary | 24 | | services to assist them so that they benefit from the | 25 | | regular
classroom instruction and are included on the | 26 | | teacher's regular education
class register;
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| 1 | | 2. To furnish lunches to pupils, to make a reasonable | 2 | | charge
therefor, and to use school funds for the payment of | 3 | | such expenses as
the board may determine are necessary in | 4 | | conducting the school lunch
program;
| 5 | | 3. To co-operate with the circuit court;
| 6 | | 4. To make arrangements with the public or quasi-public | 7 | | libraries
and museums for the use of their facilities by | 8 | | teachers and pupils of
the public schools;
| 9 | | 5. To employ dentists and prescribe their duties for | 10 | | the purpose of
treating the pupils in the schools, but | 11 | | accepting such treatment shall
be optional with parents or | 12 | | guardians;
| 13 | | 6. To grant the use of assembly halls and classrooms | 14 | | when not
otherwise needed, including light, heat, and | 15 | | attendants, for free public
lectures, concerts, and other | 16 | | educational and social interests, free of
charge, under | 17 | | such provisions and control as the principal of the
| 18 | | affected attendance center may prescribe;
| 19 | | 7. To apportion the pupils to the several schools; | 20 | | provided that no pupil
shall be excluded from or segregated | 21 | | in any such school on account of his
color, race, sex, or | 22 | | nationality. The board shall take into consideration
the | 23 | | prevention of segregation and the elimination of | 24 | | separation of children
in public schools because of color, | 25 | | race, sex, or nationality. Except that
children may be | 26 | | committed to or attend parental and social adjustment |
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| 1 | | schools
established and maintained either for boys or girls | 2 | | only. All records
pertaining to the creation, alteration or | 3 | | revision of attendance areas shall
be open to the public. | 4 | | Nothing herein shall limit the board's authority to
| 5 | | establish multi-area attendance centers or other student | 6 | | assignment systems
for desegregation purposes or | 7 | | otherwise, and to apportion the pupils to the
several | 8 | | schools. Furthermore, beginning in school year 1994-95, | 9 | | pursuant
to a board plan adopted by October 1, 1993, the | 10 | | board shall offer, commencing
on a phased-in basis, the | 11 | | opportunity for families within the school
district to | 12 | | apply for enrollment of their children in any attendance | 13 | | center
within the school district which does not have | 14 | | selective admission
requirements approved by the board. | 15 | | The appropriate geographical area in
which such open | 16 | | enrollment may be exercised shall be determined by the
| 17 | | board of education. Such children may be admitted to any | 18 | | such attendance
center on a space available basis after all | 19 | | children residing within such
attendance center's area | 20 | | have been accommodated. If the number of
applicants from | 21 | | outside the attendance area exceed the space available,
| 22 | | then successful applicants shall be selected by lottery. | 23 | | The board of
education's open enrollment plan must include | 24 | | provisions that allow low
income students to have access to | 25 | | transportation needed to exercise school
choice. Open | 26 | | enrollment shall be in compliance with the provisions of |
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| 1 | | the
Consent Decree and Desegregation Plan cited in Section | 2 | | 34-1.01;
| 3 | | 8. To approve programs and policies for providing | 4 | | transportation
services to students. Nothing herein shall | 5 | | be construed to permit or empower
the State Board of | 6 | | Education to order, mandate, or require busing or other
| 7 | | transportation of pupils for the purpose of achieving | 8 | | racial balance in any
school;
| 9 | | 9. Subject to the limitations in this Article, to | 10 | | establish and
approve system-wide curriculum objectives | 11 | | and standards, including graduation
standards, which | 12 | | reflect the
multi-cultural diversity in the city and are | 13 | | consistent with State law,
provided that for all purposes | 14 | | of this Article courses or
proficiency in American Sign | 15 | | Language shall be deemed to constitute courses
or | 16 | | proficiency in a foreign language; and to employ principals | 17 | | and teachers,
appointed as provided in this
Article, and | 18 | | fix their compensation. The board shall prepare such | 19 | | reports
related to minimal competency testing as may be | 20 | | requested by the State
Board of Education, and in addition | 21 | | shall monitor and approve special
education and bilingual | 22 | | education programs and policies within the district to
| 23 | | assure that appropriate services are provided in | 24 | | accordance with applicable
State and federal laws to | 25 | | children requiring services and education in those
areas;
| 26 | | 10. To employ non-teaching personnel or utilize |
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| 1 | | volunteer personnel
for: (i) non-teaching duties not | 2 | | requiring instructional judgment or
evaluation of pupils, | 3 | | including library duties; and (ii) supervising study
| 4 | | halls, long distance teaching reception areas used | 5 | | incident to instructional
programs transmitted by | 6 | | electronic media such as computers, video, and audio,
| 7 | | detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored | 8 | | extracurricular
activities. The board may further utilize | 9 | | volunteer non-certificated
personnel or employ | 10 | | non-certificated personnel to
assist in the instruction of | 11 | | pupils under the immediate supervision of a
teacher holding | 12 | | a valid certificate, directly engaged in teaching
subject | 13 | | matter or conducting activities; provided that the teacher
| 14 | | shall be continuously aware of the non-certificated | 15 | | persons' activities and
shall be able to control or modify | 16 | | them. The general superintendent shall
determine | 17 | | qualifications of such personnel and shall prescribe rules | 18 | | for
determining the duties and activities to be assigned to | 19 | | such personnel;
| 20 | | 10.5. To utilize volunteer personnel from a regional | 21 | | School Crisis
Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.), created as part | 22 | | of the Safe to Learn Program
established pursuant to | 23 | | Section 25 of the Illinois Violence Prevention Act
of 1995, | 24 | | to provide assistance to schools in times of violence or | 25 | | other
traumatic incidents within a school community by | 26 | | providing crisis
intervention services to lessen the |
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| 1 | | effects of emotional trauma on
individuals and the | 2 | | community; the School Crisis Assistance Team
Steering | 3 | | Committee shall determine the qualifications for | 4 | | volunteers;
| 5 | | 11. To provide television studio facilities in not to | 6 | | exceed one
school building and to provide programs for | 7 | | educational purposes,
provided, however, that the board | 8 | | shall not construct, acquire, operate,
or maintain a | 9 | | television transmitter; to grant the use of its studio
| 10 | | facilities to a licensed television station located in the | 11 | | school
district; and to maintain and operate not to exceed | 12 | | one school radio
transmitting station and provide programs | 13 | | for educational purposes;
| 14 | | 12. To offer, if deemed appropriate, outdoor education | 15 | | courses,
including field trips within the State of | 16 | | Illinois, or adjacent states,
and to use school educational | 17 | | funds for the expense of the said outdoor
educational | 18 | | programs, whether within the school district or not;
| 19 | | 13. During that period of the calendar year not | 20 | | embraced within the
regular school term, to provide and | 21 | | conduct courses in subject matters
normally embraced in the | 22 | | program of the schools during the regular
school term and | 23 | | to give regular school credit for satisfactory
completion | 24 | | by the student of such courses as may be approved for | 25 | | credit
by the State Board of Education;
| 26 | | 14. To insure against any loss or liability of the |
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| 1 | | board,
the former School Board Nominating Commission, | 2 | | Local School Councils, the
Chicago Schools Academic | 3 | | Accountability Council, or the former Subdistrict
Councils | 4 | | or of any member, officer, agent or employee thereof, | 5 | | resulting
from alleged violations of civil rights arising | 6 | | from incidents occurring on
or after September 5, 1967 or | 7 | | from the wrongful or negligent act or
omission of any such | 8 | | person whether occurring within or without the school
| 9 | | premises, provided the officer, agent or employee was, at | 10 | | the time of the
alleged violation of civil rights or | 11 | | wrongful act or omission, acting
within the scope of his | 12 | | employment or under direction of the board, the
former | 13 | | School
Board Nominating Commission, the Chicago Schools | 14 | | Academic Accountability
Council, Local School Councils, or | 15 | | the former Subdistrict Councils;
and to provide for or | 16 | | participate in insurance plans for its officers and
| 17 | | employees, including but not limited to retirement | 18 | | annuities, medical,
surgical and hospitalization benefits | 19 | | in such types and amounts as may be
determined by the | 20 | | board; provided, however, that the board shall contract
for | 21 | | such insurance only with an insurance company authorized to | 22 | | do business
in this State. Such insurance may include | 23 | | provision for employees who rely
on treatment by prayer or | 24 | | spiritual means alone for healing, in accordance
with the | 25 | | tenets and practice of a recognized religious | 26 | | denomination;
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| 1 | | 15. To contract with the corporate authorities of any | 2 | | municipality
or the county board of any county, as the case | 3 | | may be, to provide for
the regulation of traffic in parking | 4 | | areas of property used for school
purposes, in such manner | 5 | | as is provided by Section 11-209 of The
Illinois Vehicle | 6 | | Code, approved September 29, 1969, as amended;
| 7 | | 16. (a) To provide, on an equal basis, access to a high
| 8 | | school campus and student directory information to the
| 9 | | official recruiting representatives of the armed forces of | 10 | | Illinois and
the United States for the purposes of | 11 | | informing students of the educational
and career | 12 | | opportunities available in the military if the board has | 13 | | provided
such access to persons or groups whose purpose is | 14 | | to acquaint students with
educational or occupational | 15 | | opportunities available to them. The board
is not required | 16 | | to give greater notice regarding the right of access to
| 17 | | recruiting representatives than is given to other persons | 18 | | and groups. In
this paragraph 16, "directory information" | 19 | | means a high school
student's name, address, and telephone | 20 | | number.
| 21 | | (b) If a student or his or her parent or guardian | 22 | | submits a signed,
written request to the high school before | 23 | | the end of the student's sophomore
year (or if the student | 24 | | is a transfer student, by another time set by
the high | 25 | | school) that indicates that the student or his or her | 26 | | parent or
guardian does
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| 1 | | information to be provided to official
recruiting | 2 | | representatives under subsection (a) of this Section, the | 3 | | high
school may not provide access to the student's | 4 | | directory information to
these recruiting representatives. | 5 | | The high school shall notify its
students and their parents | 6 | | or guardians of the provisions of this
subsection (b).
| 7 | | (c) A high school may require official recruiting | 8 | | representatives of
the armed forces of Illinois and the | 9 | | United States to pay a fee for copying
and mailing a | 10 | | student's directory information in an amount that is not
| 11 | | more than the actual costs incurred by the high school.
| 12 | | (d) Information received by an official recruiting | 13 | | representative
under this Section may be used only to | 14 | | provide information to students
concerning educational and | 15 | | career opportunities available in the military
and may not | 16 | | be released to a person who is not involved in recruiting
| 17 | | students for the armed forces of Illinois or the United | 18 | | States;
| 19 | | 17. (a) To sell or market any computer program | 20 | | developed by an employee
of the school district, provided | 21 | | that such employee developed the computer
program as a | 22 | | direct result of his or her duties with the school district
| 23 | | or through the utilization of the school district resources | 24 | | or facilities.
The employee who developed the computer | 25 | | program shall be entitled to share
in the proceeds of such | 26 | | sale or marketing of the computer program. The
distribution |
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| 1 | | of such proceeds between the employee and the school | 2 | | district
shall be as agreed upon by the employee and the | 3 | | school district, except
that neither the employee nor the | 4 | | school district may receive more than 90%
of such proceeds. | 5 | | The negotiation for an employee who is represented by an
| 6 | | exclusive bargaining representative may be conducted by | 7 | | such bargaining
representative at the employee's request.
| 8 | | (b) For the purpose of this paragraph 17:
| 9 | | (1) "Computer" means an internally programmed, | 10 | | general purpose digital
device capable of | 11 | | automatically accepting data, processing data and | 12 | | supplying
the results of the operation.
| 13 | | (2) "Computer program" means a series of coded | 14 | | instructions or
statements in a form acceptable to a | 15 | | computer, which causes the computer to
process data in | 16 | | order to achieve a certain result.
| 17 | | (3) "Proceeds" means profits derived from | 18 | | marketing or sale of a product
after deducting the | 19 | | expenses of developing and marketing such product;
| 20 | | 18. To delegate to the general superintendent of
| 21 | | schools, by resolution, the authority to approve contracts | 22 | | and expenditures
in amounts of $10,000 or less;
| 23 | | 19. Upon the written request of an employee, to | 24 | | withhold from
the compensation of that employee any dues, | 25 | | payments or contributions
payable by such employee to any | 26 | | labor organization as defined in the
Illinois Educational |
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| 1 | | Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an
amount | 2 | | shall be withheld from each regular payroll period which is | 3 | | equal to
the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any | 4 | | payments or contributions,
and the board shall transmit | 5 | | such withholdings to the specified labor
organization | 6 | | within 10 working days from the time of the withholding;
| 7 | | 19a. Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a | 8 | | municipality with
a population of 500,000 or more, a county | 9 | | with a population of 3,000,000 or
more, the Cook County | 10 | | Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
| 11 | | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago | 12 | | Transit Authority, or
a housing authority of a municipality | 13 | | with a population of 500,000 or more
that a debt is due and | 14 | | owing the municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest | 15 | | Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | 16 | | Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago | 17 | | Transit Authority, or the housing authority
by an employee | 18 | | of the Chicago Board of Education, to withhold, from the
| 19 | | compensation of that employee, the amount of the debt that | 20 | | is due and owing
and pay the amount withheld to the | 21 | | municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest Preserve | 22 | | District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan | 23 | | Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, | 24 | | or the housing authority;
provided, however, that the | 25 | | amount
deducted from any one salary or wage payment shall | 26 | | not exceed 25% of the net
amount of the payment. Before the |
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| 1 | | Board deducts any amount from any salary or
wage of an | 2 | | employee under this paragraph, the municipality, the | 3 | | county, the
Cook County Forest Preserve District, the | 4 | | Chicago Park District, the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation | 5 | | District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the
housing | 6 | | authority shall certify that (i) the employee has been | 7 | | afforded an
opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt | 8 | | that is due and owing the
municipality, the county, the | 9 | | Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago
Park | 10 | | District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the | 11 | | Chicago Transit
Authority, or the housing authority and | 12 | | (ii) the employee has received notice
of a wage deduction | 13 | | order and has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to
| 14 | | object to the order. For purposes of this paragraph, "net | 15 | | amount" means that
part of the salary or wage payment | 16 | | remaining after the deduction of any amounts
required by | 17 | | law to be deducted and "debt due and owing" means (i) a | 18 | | specified
sum of money owed to the municipality, the | 19 | | county, the Cook County Forest
Preserve District, the | 20 | | Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water
Reclamation | 21 | | District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the housing | 22 | | authority
for services, work, or goods, after the period | 23 | | granted for payment has expired,
or (ii) a specified sum of | 24 | | money owed to the municipality, the county, the Cook
County | 25 | | Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the | 26 | | Metropolitan
Water Reclamation District, the Chicago |
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| 1 | | Transit Authority, or the housing
authority pursuant to a | 2 | | court order or order of an administrative hearing
officer | 3 | | after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, | 4 | | judicial review;
| 5 | | 20. The board is encouraged to employ a sufficient | 6 | | number of
certified school counselors to maintain a | 7 | | student/counselor ratio of 250 to
1 by July 1, 1990. Each | 8 | | counselor shall spend at least 75% of his work
time in | 9 | | direct contact with students and shall maintain a record of | 10 | | such time;
| 11 | | 21. To make available to students vocational and career
| 12 | | counseling and to establish 5 special career counseling | 13 | | days for students
and parents. On these days | 14 | | representatives of local businesses and
industries shall | 15 | | be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
| 16 | | of career opportunities available to them in the various | 17 | | businesses and
industries. Special consideration shall be | 18 | | given to counseling minority
students as to career | 19 | | opportunities available to them in various fields.
For the | 20 | | purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a person | 21 | | who is any of the following:
| 22 | | (a) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having | 23 | | origins in any of the original peoples of North and South | 24 | | America, including Central America, and who maintains | 25 | | tribal affiliation or community attachment). | 26 | | (b) Asian (a person having origins in any of the |
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| 1 | | original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the | 2 | | Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to, | 3 | | Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, | 4 | | the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam). | 5 | | (c) Black or African American (a person having origins | 6 | | in any of the black racial groups of Africa). Terms such as | 7 | | "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or | 8 | | African American". | 9 | | (d) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican, | 10 | | Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish | 11 | | culture or origin, regardless of race). | 12 | | (e) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a person | 13 | | having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, | 14 | | Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands).
| 15 | | Counseling days shall not be in lieu of regular school | 16 | | days;
| 17 | | 22. To report to the State Board of Education the | 18 | | annual
student dropout rate and number of students who | 19 | | graduate from, transfer
from or otherwise leave bilingual | 20 | | programs;
| 21 | | 23. Except as otherwise provided in the Abused and | 22 | | Neglected Child
Reporting Act or other applicable State or | 23 | | federal law, to permit school
officials to withhold, from | 24 | | any person, information on the whereabouts of
any child | 25 | | removed from school premises when the child has been taken | 26 | | into
protective custody as a victim of suspected child |
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| 1 | | abuse. School officials
shall direct such person to the | 2 | | Department of Children and Family Services,
or to the local | 3 | | law enforcement agency if appropriate;
| 4 | | 24. To develop a policy, based on the current state of | 5 | | existing school
facilities, projected enrollment and | 6 | | efficient utilization of available
resources, for capital | 7 | | improvement of schools and school buildings within
the | 8 | | district, addressing in that policy both the relative | 9 | | priority for
major repairs, renovations and additions to | 10 | | school facilities, and the
advisability or necessity of | 11 | | building new school facilities or closing
existing schools | 12 | | to meet current or projected demographic patterns within
| 13 | | the district;
| 14 | | 25. To make available to the students in every high | 15 | | school attendance
center the ability to take all courses | 16 | | necessary to comply with the Board
of Higher Education's | 17 | | college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
| 18 | | 26. To encourage mid-career changes into the teaching | 19 | | profession,
whereby qualified professionals become | 20 | | certified teachers, by allowing
credit for professional | 21 | | employment in related fields when determining point
of | 22 | | entry on teacher pay scale;
| 23 | | 27. To provide or contract out training programs for | 24 | | administrative
personnel and principals with revised or | 25 | | expanded duties pursuant to this
Act in order to assure | 26 | | they have the knowledge and skills to perform
their duties;
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| 1 | | 28. To establish a fund for the prioritized special | 2 | | needs programs, and
to allocate such funds and other lump | 3 | | sum amounts to each attendance center
in a manner | 4 | | consistent with the provisions of part 4 of Section 34-2.3.
| 5 | | Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require any | 6 | | additional
appropriations of State funds for this purpose;
| 7 | | 29. (Blank);
| 8 | | 30. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or | 9 | | any other law to
the contrary, to contract with third | 10 | | parties for services otherwise performed
by employees, | 11 | | including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those
| 12 | | employees upon 14 days written notice to the affected | 13 | | employees. Those
contracts may be for a period not to | 14 | | exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a
system-wide basis. | 15 | | The board may not operate more than 30 contract schools, | 16 | | provided that the board may operate an additional 5 | 17 | | contract turnaround schools pursuant to item (5.5) of | 18 | | subsection (d) of Section 34-8.3 of this Code;
| 19 | | 31. To promulgate rules establishing procedures | 20 | | governing the layoff or
reduction in force of employees and | 21 | | the recall of such employees, including,
but not limited | 22 | | to, criteria for such layoffs, reductions in force or | 23 | | recall
rights of such employees and the weight to be given | 24 | | to any particular
criterion. Such criteria shall take into | 25 | | account factors including, but not be
limited to, | 26 | | qualifications, certifications, experience, performance |
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| 1 | | ratings or
evaluations, and any other factors relating to | 2 | | an employee's job performance;
| 3 | | 32. To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in the | 4 | | hiring of personnel
or the selection of contractors;
| 5 | | 33. (Blank); and
| 6 | | 34. To establish a Labor Management Council to the | 7 | | board
comprised of representatives of the board, the chief | 8 | | executive
officer, and those labor organizations that are | 9 | | the exclusive
representatives of employees of the board and | 10 | | to promulgate
policies and procedures for the operation of | 11 | | the Council.
| 12 | | The specifications of the powers herein granted are not to | 13 | | be
construed as exclusive but the board shall also exercise all | 14 | | other
powers that they may be requisite or proper for the | 15 | | maintenance and the
development of a public school system, not | 16 | | inconsistent with the other
provisions of this Article or | 17 | | provisions of this Code which apply to all
school districts.
| 18 | | In addition to the powers herein granted and authorized to | 19 | | be exercised
by the board, it shall be the duty of the board to | 20 | | review or to direct
independent reviews of special education | 21 | | expenditures and services.
The board shall file a report of | 22 | | such review with the General Assembly on
or before May 1, 1990.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; | 24 | | 100-1046, eff. 8-23-18.)
| 25 | | Section 10. The Vocational Academies Act is amended by |
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| 1 | | changing Section 10 as follows: | 2 | | (105 ILCS 433/10)
| 3 | | Sec. 10. Establishment. A school district, in partnership | 4 | | with community colleges, local employers, and community-based | 5 | | organizations, may establish a vocational academy that is | 6 | | eligible for a grant under this Act if the vocational academy | 7 | | meets all of the following requirements: | 8 | | (1) The vocational academy must have a minimum | 9 | | 5-clock-hour day , as required under Section 10-19.05 of the | 10 | | School Code, and be under the direct supervision of | 11 | | teachers. | 12 | | (2) The vocational academy must be a 2-year school | 13 | | within a school program for grades 10 through 12 that is | 14 | | organized around a career theme and operated as a | 15 | | business-education partnership. | 16 | | (3) The vocational academy must be a career-oriented | 17 | | program that uses the direct involvement of local employers | 18 | | to provide students with an education and the skills needed | 19 | | for employment. | 20 | | (4) The vocational academy must be a standards-based | 21 | | educational program that prepares students both | 22 | | academically and technically for entrance into | 23 | | postsecondary education or careers in a selected field. | 24 | | (5) The curriculum of the vocational academy must be | 25 | | based on the Illinois Learning Standards, and work-site |
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| 1 | | training must provide students with learning experiences | 2 | | for entry-level employment in the local job market and | 3 | | lifelong learning skills for higher education.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 94-220, eff. 7-14-05.) | 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 6 | | 2019. |
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